United States v. Baine and Savarese

On January 22, 2020, Oscar M. Baine and Jeffrey Lyn Savarese II were sentenced to jail time over their roles in a long-running odometer tampering scheme. The Judge of the case is U.S. District Judge Louis Guirola Jr..
Background
Oscar M. Baine was the owner of “Oscar’s Used Cars”. The first reports of wrong odometer readings surfaced in 2014, which caused the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration to open an investigation into Baine.
Crime
In July 2019, Baine pleaded guilty to purchasing high-mileage vehicles from wholesale automobile auctions, dealerships, and individuals. He would arrange to alter the vehicles' odometer set to show false, lower mileage results. Baine also admitted to paying Savarese to alter odometers at his used car lot in Gulfport, Mississippi. Savarese admitted to odometer fraud on at least 200 used vehicles for Baine.
Results
Oscar M. Baine was sentenced to 36 months of jail time and was ordered to pay 619,200 in restitution.<ref name=doj />
Jeffery Lyn Savarese II was sentenced to 15 months of jail time and was ordered to pay 320,000 in restitution.<ref name=doj />

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